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Monthly Archives: March 2013
This is…
Fine Gael’s campaign video for Helen McEntee, who is contesting the Meath East by-election, caused by the death of Shane McEntee, Helen’s father.
(Thanks Fod)
Not him, silly.
Just one of the young girls to volunteer to ‘test-drive’ the €1.49 Dealz DIY vajazzle kit on Derek Mooney’s RTE radio 1 yesterday.
T-shock writes:
A new low for Irish Broadcasting.
Or harmless item demystifying ladies’ ‘secret’ place.
You decide.
Listen here
(Pic:RTE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo6QNU8kHxI
A sobering and effective split-screen PSA from the Heart And Stroke Foundation of Canada.
If you’d prefer the happy version, just cover the right hand side of the video with your liver-spotted claw. Or the edge of a fag box, or a slab of ‘deli-style’ ham.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qyMWczuA2LM
What you may need to know:
1. The Hangover Part II (2011) was possibly the most redundant sequel of all time. It made a lot of money.
2. This one’s got Zach Galafinakis, John Goodman and Melissa McCarthy in it. That’s a whole lot of fat and funny right there. We miss you, John Candy.
3. Director Todd Phillips established the Brat Pack template with his masterpiece Old School (2003). He then proceeded to make a total balls of the Starsky And Hutch (2004) movie.
4. Lest we forget, Bradley Cooper is now a Oscar nominee. Remember when he was the dick from Wedding Crashers (2005)?
5. Ed Helms is playing Rusty Griswold in a Vacation (1983) reboot. Yes, Chevy gets a cameo.
6. Broadsheet Prognosis: It’s going to be HUGE. And then they’ll make a fourth one.
Release Date: May
Google Poems
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So, you go to Google. You type in the start of a random search and, usually, nothing of much poetic merit emerges.
But then, every once in a while…
Peruse a huge collection over at Google Poetics or at the Google Poems subreddit.
The Gardener by Stephen James Smith.
Featuring music by Colm Ó Foghlú.
Free audio download here
The Gardener: Rita Quinn; Director: Simon Daniels- Post Production: Design For Life: Photography: Eamon Nolan; Edit / Compositing: David Chandler; Sound: Jon Kelly; Composed & Produced by: Colm Ó Foghl;; Soprano Sax: Ken Edge; Harp: Noreen O’Donoghue; Strings: Dublin String Ensemble; Engineer: Debbie Smith
She’s probably still wouldn’t go, in fairness.
If Only Nanny Were Alive For The Gathering (TheGathering)
Thanks Annie West
Great Gatherings to Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
From hyper-realistic Kowloon-based collectible vendors Hot Toys – the Power Pose Mark XLII (here, watch where you’re putting that pole) and Tony Stark Figurines from Iron Man 3.
Both multi-articulating with interchangeable parts, accessories and light-up features.
$160 and $270 respectively (click through for full specs).
If you’re feeling especially stars ‘n’ stripey, there’s also the Iron Patriot bust.
Previously: Your Agent Coulson Action Figures Have Arrived
“The agent, Kevin Phelan, got Stg£248,624 from Mr Lowry on Aug 28, 2002, six months after the date their negotiations were supposed to have had been finalised and settled.”
“Six days earlier, Mr Phelan received a separate fee of £150,000 on behalf of Denis O’Brien. This was transferred on Aug 22, 2002, after a dispute was resolved between Mr O’Brien and Mr Phelan over the agent’s role in the Doncaster Rovers project.”
“Under the terms of the O’Brien deal, Mr Phelan was paid outstanding fees and relinquished certain claims to profits.
“But the final point of agreement involved clarification from Mr Phelan that a reference to Mr Lowry in one critical document was not Doncaster-related. This issue arose from a note on 1999 fax discussion and was detailed in tribunal testimony by Denis O’Brien Snr, who handled these negotiations on his son’s behalf.
Mr Lowry, Mr O’Brien Snr and Denis O’Brien Jnr have all denied the former Fine Gael minister had anything to do with the Doncaster project.”
Conor Ryan, in today’s Irish Examiner, reporting that Michael Lowry paid Kevin Phelan that £250,000 six days after Mr Phelan, separately, agreed with Denis O’Brien to retract a reference linking Mr Lowry with the Doncaster Rovers project.
*popcorn*
Read more here.
(Eamonn Farrell/Photocall Ireland)